May 5

Rest day.

Weight: 197.4#

Three weeks

Three weeks already? How is that possible?

So, at the start I was 198.8#

Week 1 was 200.6.# (up 1.8#)

Week 2 was 198.6# (down 2#, down 0.2# total)

Week 3 is 197.4# (down 1.2#, down 1.4# total)

I must say that progress is slower than expected. It is consistent, though. If the trend from earlier in the week had continued, I'd be down to somewhere in the 195 range, but I shot up quite a bit over the last two days, eliminating most of my progress.

It's a balancing act for me with food and effort, and I'm still making a lot of mistakes along the way.

I've been keeping on the 15 push up per day minimum, and am thinking of pushing it up to 20 per day minimum. I have not been on the horizontal rows, though. I will need to make an effort to get those started.

May 4

I'm giving my foot some consideration today, as it's still a bit sore. So, I'm keeping things more towards the upper body.

Warm up:

5x5 push ups

Skill work:

4x40 seconds handstand

Workout:

3x60 sec plank
5x10 30# bent over row
5x5 horizontal row

Stretching

Weight: 198.0#

Ow

Ok, so I hurt my foot trying to land a jump yesterday while messing around. I'd tweaked it earlier doing the exact same thing, but since it didn't hurt then, I didn't really pay attention to it. Had I paid attention, I might not have done any more jumps - but, I probably would have anyway.

It was sore all evening, and is a bit sore this morning. I expect it to be fine by this evening, though, so I can do a proper workout.

May 3

Made a light day of it, just basically playing and running about at the playground with the kids.

I landed a jump a bit wrong, and made my ankle sore, but I think it will be fine.

Weight: 196.6#

May 2

Warm up:

2 minutes skipping
5 burpees
40 jumping jacks
5 burpees

Skill work:

4x30 sec handstand hold - I did three small range of motion presses in each hold. Figure it will put a bit more effort into these holds.

Workout:

5x10 25# kettlebell shoulder press
3x10 30# tricep press
5x5 chair dips
5x10 10# flies
3x3 30# curl

Stretching

Weight: 196.6#

May 1

It's the start of the month, so it's time to get things going and notch up the intensity a bit.

Warm up:

10 squat
5 burpees
2 minutes jump rope
5 burpees
10 lunges
5 burpees

Skill work:

3x40 sec yoga headstand

Workout:

3x15 crunch
3x10 supermans
3x25 10# mason twists

Stretching

Weight: 195.8#

I find I am exceptionally poor at crunches. Something about them always come across wrong. Bad neck position, or arm position, or simply weak abdominal muscles. All three likely.